Carol da Silva

Professorial Lecturer
School of Education, Teaching and Health

• Dr. Carol DeShano da Silva researches key issues in the field of comparative and international education related to education policy and instructional practice. These include: language and literacy policy and instruction, teacher education and quality, and poverty and inequality. She focuses on education in Latin America and Lusophone countries, with a special interest in Brazil. Dr. da Silva has contributed to educational projects in Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, and with immigrant and refugee populations in the United States. She has consulted or worked on education projects for USAID, The World Bank, and Save the Children, and has conducted fieldwork in Brazil, Costa Rica, Mexico and Mozambique.

• Degrees

  Educational Policy, Leadership and Instructional Practice/International Education, Harvard University, Ed.D.

• Languages Spoken:

  Portuguese, Spanish